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Identifying Angles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify names of angles. They use a large clock to demonstrate angles using certain times of day. Given a geoboard, students create figures with acute, right, and obtuse angles.
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Finding Perimeter and Area

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Geometers find the perimeter and area of rectangles. They discuss the definitions and characteristics of rectangles and squares. In groups, they use yarn to discover the perimeter of squares and rectangles. They count cubes to explore...
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Math in Society

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders determine probabilities of real-life events such as life expectancies, winning a lottery ticket and the break-even premium. They apply how life-expectation tables are used to estimate the probability that an individual...
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The Monkey and the Coconuts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this puzzle based worksheet, students read a short story featured in the Saturday Evening Post in 1926. After reading the story, students determine the starting number of coconuts that were available to the shipwrecked island dwellers.
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The Exact Differential

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students integrate functions using u substitution.  In this integrating functions using u substitution lesson, students integrate functions by setting part of the function equal to u and the other part equal to du.  Students...
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Investigation - The Bakery Shop

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students participate in mathematical music and subtraction using their fingers when indicated in the song. In this music/math instructional activity, students count their fingers and  pretend their fingers are cookies. Students sing...
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How Healthy is the Wetland?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore wetlands. For this ecology lesson, students visit a wetland site and collect data about the wetland functions. Students record their results and use the data recorded to rate the wetland site on its function.
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Juan Bobo Sends the Pig to Mass

For Teachers 1st
Students read the story Juan Bobo Sends the Pig to Mass and complete language arts activities connected to the story. In this language arts lesson plan, 1st graders complete activities including discussion, reading, writing,...
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Every Graph Tells A Story

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore linear equations.  In this graphing lesson, 7th graders explore constant rates of change.  Students discover the real-life application of graphs and demonstrate their ability to read graphs and write...
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The Gravity Of It All-Newton's Laws

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students experiment with the concept of Newton's second law of motion. After building a ramp, they determine whether a large marble or a small marble will move farther, based on Newton's law. Students record their data on the provided....
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Mean, Median and Mode

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young statisians work with sets of data. They find mean, median and mode, and discuss the effects of outliers on the data set.
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Patterns Patterns Everywhere

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Upper graders work with number patterns. In this pattern instructional activity, learners recognize and continue number patterns and find the rules.  They do some as a class and complete an assessment. 
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Time Story Problems

For Teachers 1st
First graders solve story problems using an analog clock. In this time story problems lesson, 1st graders complete word problems on elapsed time and discuss their solutions. 
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Tell Time With Your Feet

For Teachers K - 8th
Students discover what the latitude and longitude of their location is. They start walking and measure their shadow. They fill in a chart to discover the approximate time.
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Allison the Alligator

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are introduced to the concepts of greater than and less than. This leads to the use of inequalities. The teacher tells the story about an alligator in order to create a fun environment for practicing the objectives of the...
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Go Forward and Back With Time

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this time worksheet, students solve a set of 6 problems, telling what time it is from one time given to other intervals given.
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Introduction to Hours & Minutes

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify, interpret, and gain proficiency in using a clock to tell time to the hour and determine how many minutes are in an hour. They identify and list what they do as they travel through their dayand how much time you...
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Math - "Where Am I?" Position in Space

For Students 2nd - 3rd
A big part of understanding mathematical concepts is by mastering the vocabulary associated with those concepts. Students identify and explore positional/directional words as they relate to math. Students answer eleven fill-in-the-blank...
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Graphing Heart Rates

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students take their pulse rates. In this graphing lesson, students take their pulse rates and graph them. Students do various physical activities and graph the differences in their pulse rates.
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Contaminated Drinking Water

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners predict, experiment, and draw conclusions about the safety of drinking water. In this ecology lesson, students participate in an experiment to determine if they can taste or see contamination in drinking water. Data is collected...
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Discrimination

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discuss the origin of discrimination and the Holocaust. In this Bible activity, 7th graders define discrimination and discuss if they have discriminated or not. They thank God for forgiveness and realize it is no ones...
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-The Gingerbread Man

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read The Gingerbread Man by Karen Lee Schmidt. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities that coincide with the reading of the book. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and library...
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ESL Quiz- Time (Quarter to, Half Past, etc.)

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this language arts and math worksheet, students read 5 telling time questions which are expressed in words and choose the correct answer from 3 choices.
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Meeasuring Time

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore telling time on digital and analog clocks. They practice reading the clock and then visit a given website to play a game called, "Stop the Clock." Students match analog times to digital times. They race against...